the nuclear facility at nyongbyon was closed in 2007 after international talks involving washington. back then its cooling tower was destroyed as a sign of good faith that it wouldn't operate again. that's changed and north korea says a both five megawatt reactor and uranium enrichment facility at nyongbyon will go back online capable of creating enough plutonium for one bomb a year. north korea says the move is to boost electricity and quality and quantity of its nuclear weapons. north korea says it has nuclear weapons it's ready to use and further develop and the world must just accept it. the united states is not acceptable with this and it weighs heavily on south koreans who have to live in the shadow of a neighbor that openly declares its hostility.

the government of seoul is increasingly concerned, promising to respond to any aggression with force. it's unclear how long it will take for north korea to get the nyongbyon facility up and running. north korea says in part it's for electricity. the problem is the plant has never been attached to the power grid. matt? >> richard engel, thank you very much. meanwhile, there is some new information in the shooting death of colorado's prison chief and natalie is here with details on that. >> good morning, matt and savannah. officials now admit the suspected killer in the case should have been behind bars at the time, but he was released due to a clerical error. >> i am confident that they will fix the problem going forward and that it won't happen again. >> reporter: strong words from the district attorney's office after a colorado court admitted that evan ebel was released from prison four years early, he's accused of murdering tom

clements, colorado police chief, a after getting out of prison at the end of january. ebel died after a shoot-out with texas authorities. ebel was already in prison on an eight-year stint for burglary and car theft when he punched a prison guard in 2006. he could have received 12 more years but in a plea deal he was sentenced in 2008 to an additional four years. in a statement from the colorado department of corrections, the court order did not specify consecutive or concurrent sentencing. that led prison officials to impose a sentence that was concurrent, meaning ebel served no additional time for punching the guard. >> i think it's probably worth the effort to go back and make sure we don't have any other cases out there where this problem has occurred before. and now to the rest of this morning's headlines, officials in texas are on alert after the weekend murder of a district attorney and his wife, d.a. mike mclelland and his wife

cynthia were found shot to death in their home on saturday, the killings came two months after his assistant d.a. was assassinated. federal sources say they haven't ruled anything out from a drug cartel to a lone gunman to a white supremacist gang. a tough, new stance on gun control from connecticut. legislators from both sides of the aisle are announcing wide ranging proposals including universal background checks and a statewide dangerous weapon registry. vote can expected today in the state's general assembly. oklahoma's dentistry board is calling for prosecutors to pursue criminal charges against an oral surgeon whose office was found to be using rusty and poorly sterilized instruments, thousands of patients who had seen dr. w. scott harrington were told to get tested for hepatitis b and c as well as hiv. dr. harrington has value tearily given up his license to practice.

for the first time in three years, investigators are searching for remains in newly uncovered debris from the world trade center. officials are hoping to identify more victims over the next ten weeks. more than 2,700 people died in the 2001 attacks on the world trade center but only some 1,600 victims have been identified. and now let's head to wall street. cnbc's courtney reagan is there for us. good morning. >> good morning to you, natalie. >> stockton, california, officially the most poup list city to declare bankruptcy as the judge accepts the application, much to the dismay of creditors who feel the status will allow stockton to avoid completely repaying their debt. wall street is expecting to see the strongest month in over five years, and that's thanks to a recovering economy, a stronger housing market and attractive financing as well. natalie, back to you. >> courtney reagan at the new >> courtney reagan, at the new york stock exchange, thank you. sometimes karma will get you

even if the cops don't. take a look. this man is making a break for it after allegedly stealing a woman's purse in an australian mall but bam right into the glass door. unaware of the robbery. bystanders tried to help the man, before he was able to escape with an accomplice in a stolen car. hopefully, karma will get him in the end even if he did get away. >> that wasn't the ending we were hoping for. >> he got away, but they have the videotape. maybe now somebody will identify him. >> he knew one side of the door slides. wasn't sure. >> natalie, thanks. al is back with a check of the weather. >> good morning, we have strong storms to talk about, give you an idea of the ferocity of the storms, take a look at what happened in louisiana yesterday, a tree goes into a home, lots of power lines down, actually had a tractor trailer flipped over for the winds due to these big

storms. here's what we've got for today, texas is under the gun for the risk of severe storms as you see from ft. stockman, abilene, san antonio. the system is going to be pushing to the east. you can see the heavy rain firing up, heavy thunderstorms as well up into wichita, and then the futurecast shows all of this makes its way to the east and as it does it's going to be dropping a ton of rain, we are looking for anywhere from two to four inches of rain throughout parts of texas, on into louisiana, mississippi, and arkansas, up into oklahoma as well. we're going to get to your local forecast in just a moment but first this message. this mes. we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed: the official retirement age. ♪ the question is how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years. ♪

good tuesday morning. i'm meteorologist, christina loren. i want to show you our seven-day outlook. 707 inland bayside. 66 and 61 at the coast. tomorrow, close to 80 degrees. the rain comes through on thursday. nice, dry break for friday. more rain headed our way late saturday into sunday. hope you have a fantastic tuesday. the latest weather, savannah. hillary clinton make hillary clinton makes her first major appearance today since stepping down as secretary of state. also scheduled to be there it has political pundits thinking about 2016. nbc's andrea mitchell is in washington, good morning to you. >> good morning, asavannah. tonight, there will be a lot of people trying to read the political body language when the

two most prominent possible candidates for 2016 take the stage together at the kennedy center. hillary clinton and joe biden, past colleagues perhaps future rivals, 1,000 days from iowa, she says she hasn't decided whether to run. he makes no secret of his intentions. tonight, clinton has home-court advantage. the event held by vital voices global partnership, a woman's organization she helped create 14 years ago to empower women around the world. it is clinton's passion, an event she missed once in all those years only because of state department travel. >> so she's going into a very comfortable place where she's going to be a rock star. >> reporter: it will be joe biden's first appearance at the annual gathering but as the original sponsor of the violence against women act, he is also very popular with women's rights groups and will be presenting an award to men from india for their crusade against rape. but the spotlight tonight will be on clinton, since leaving office she's been seen in public once accepting a pentagon award

in february. she's reemerging in a big way, a video endorsing gay marriage. >> lgbt americans are our colleagues, our teachers, our soldiers, our friends, our loved ones. >> reporter: now tonight's speech in washington, and then another women's global summit in new york friday where she's always a star attraction. clinton has plenty of time to decide what's next, even as polls show she would be formidable if she runs again for president. >> there's early polling showing she's doing well in florida against marco rubio and jeb bush but her people are saying give us some space. >> there's obviously plenty of time but until hillary clinton decides on her future none of the other leading democrats can decide on theirs. matt? >> andrea, thank you very much. we've got some good news to report this morning, louisville basketball player kevin ware is expected to be released from an indianapolis hospital today as he recovers from that awful leg

break he suffered less than 48 hours ago. nbc's kevin tibbles is in indianapolis with more on that. good morning to you. >> reporter: yes, matt, after such a horrific-looking injury, kevin ware is expected to be released from the hospital here in indianapolis later today just in time to make the bench for this weekend's final four with his team. new pictures show kevin ware up and walking on crutches and visiting with his coach, rick pitino. >> he's done very well. he's very positive. he's not so much focusing on what happened but he's focusing on the recovery. >> reporter: ware's mother lisa was watching the game on tv when her son suffered the devastating injury. >> that is a gruesome-looking injury to kevin ware. >> reporter: while ware's teammates were visibly shaken it was ware who inspired telling them, "win the game, win the game." monday, ware tweeted a picture of his leg telling a fan "i'm

good, bro, i'll be back by next season," all following a two-hour surgery where doctors reset the bone and inserted a metal rod in his right leg. >> i would say that many people with this injury would be able to play basketball again without a problem. >> reporter: athletes around the country have taken to twitter to send their wishes, lebron james, "prayers go out to kevin ware and his family. may you have a speedy recovery kid and come back even stronger." >> i have no doubt he'll be back bigger and stronger. >> reporter: doctors say ware may have had an existing stress fracture prior to the big break, but he's expected to make a full recovery. matt? >> remarkable. kevin tibbles in indianapolis this morning. former nfl great joe theismann knows what kevin ware is going through. he broke his leg in a monday night game in 1985 when he was sacked by linebacker lawrence taylor. the injury so severe it ended his career. joe always good to see you, good morning. >> good morning, matt, good to

be with you. >> it was so hard for all of us to watch this and i'm thinking of you in 1985 and as you watched it, it had to be even tougher. what was your first reaction? >> i was sickened to my stomach. it just conjured up all the memories instantly of what i went threw that evening, the excruciating pain and all of the people around me and all the activity and i saw everybody start to get around kevin. it just kept playing over and over in my mind. those things just don't ever leave you. >> cbs was very careful only to shoot kevin from the waist up during those couple of minutes after he was down, but i was looking at the reactions of the fans and the coaches, and the other players and boy the looks on their faces and the tears in their eyes told you everything they needed to know, didn't they? >> it really did. they tell the full story. i know that when my leg was broken everybody talked about lawrence grabbing his head.

you don't need to see much more. and i agree with you, i thought they did a terrific job of not going deep into the injury, but showing the reaction of everyone. i can imagine coach pitino having it happen right at his feet, literally right at his feet. i know i heard mine break when it happened. sounded like two muzzled gunshots, and it's a sound you never forget. >> so, let me get your perspective, physically he's younger than you were at the time, therapy has come a long way, surgery has come a long way but what do you think he faces physically? >> i think physically the rehabilitation process is not going to be that difficult for him. the rod is going to give him stability and it's just a question of the bone healing as long as there isn't any ankle or knee damage to any extent, i think he'll be fine. >> emotionally? >> emotionally is not a problem. i had a chance to talk to him yesterday and he sounds like he's in a great place. he knows the road will not be easy but he's a young man bound

and determined to come back. >> but do you think he had go out on a court and play all out without being haunted by the fear that would come from an accident like that? >> you will, after you get out and start to practice and play and he may turn an ankle or something but with that rod in there i doubt if he's ever going to break that leg again. >> joe theismann, interesting perspective. nice to see you, thanks very much. >> thank you. >> he's a great guy and one of the first to tweet "best wishes to kevin ware" on sunday night. >> well, another big talker this morning. will jimmy fallon really replace jay leno as host of "the tonight show." we don't know the answer, but last night the two came together using humor and singing to address the rumors. take a look. >> hey, jay. >> hey, kid. how are you holding up? >> okay, i guess. you? >> yeah, i'll live. i've been through this before, you know. got to admit i get a little sick

of all this. >> jay, could i ask you something? we're still friends, right? >> yeah. of course we're still friends. ♪ tonight, tonight, who's gonna host tonight ♪ ♪ is it gonna be jimmy or jay ♪ tonight, tonight, where will they tape tonight ♪ ♪ in new york, will it stay in l.a. ♪ ♪ tonight, tonight, my ratings were all right ♪ ♪ 20 years and i'm still in first place ♪ ♪ tonight, tonight, i've got back on the line, only i could

take over for dave ♪ >> jimmy, it's time. >> i got to go, jay. >> do a good show, jimmy. >> i will, and jay? >> yeah. >> thanks. >> i love it. that was the skit, it was funny but also very touching i thought. >> it raises more questions than what needs to be said is that jay leno, despite all of the natalie? >> parts of it i think were jay and other parts i think were the third tenor perhaps. placido domingo. >> i sung opera with jay and i think that's really his voice. i think he's hamming it up.

>> you sung opera with jay? >> a long time ago. ♪ >> that's what it sounds like. >> i heard jay leno's voice there. >> we'll call jay and find out. meanwhile what is fueling a dramatic rise in the number of kids diagnosed with adhd. >> we'll get into that story. and a $40 billion lawsuit tied to the death of michael jackson. we'll have a live report from the courthouse. first, this is "today" on nbc.

coming up, new details on the tragic death of the young star of mtv's "buck wild," and the future of the a "jurassic park" reunion, live in the studio as the movie gets set to be released in 3-d,

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we know president obama loves to play basketball but he had a rough time on the court during the annual easter egg roll at the white house. he took what we understand 22 shots and made a total savannah of? >> two. >> two for a shooting percentage of 10%, and finally there he sinks a layup, but he's a good sport, he kept at it. >> good thing nobody was watching. no pressure there. >> exactly. >> still doing it after 22 shots, persistent, let's give him that. 7:30 on a tuesday morning, april 2nd, 2013. >> i'm matt lauer alongside savannah guthrie. also ahead this morning some astounding new numbers tied to adhd and kids, a 53% increase in recent years. have some doctors become too quick to make this diagnosis. we'll get into that issue with dr. nancy snyderman. >> something parents are worried about. then, the tragic death of a 21-year-old featured on mtv's popular reality show "buckwild"

and two other men also died. their bodies found in an suv, details on the investigation into what happened. a provocative question, go to college to find a husband? the professionals weigh in on one mom's advice to young women. yes, it's causing a bit of a stir this morning. >> actually on the campus of princeton. let us begin with jury selection which is getting under way today in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by michael jackson's mother, katherine. she's suing the promoter of her son's "farewell" concert for billions of dollars. nbc's diana alvear is at the los angeles county courthouse. good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning. this trial is shaping up to be worthy of a hollywood setting. we're expecting to hear testimony from dozens of witnesses. among them, two of jackson's children and those make a strong case. this was michael jackson rehearsing for his final tour "this is it." days later he was dead. now the long-awaited trial that will determine whether aeg live, the company handling the tour,

should be held liable for the singer's death. >> the trial is really going to come down to did aeg have sufficient control over dr. murray to encourage dr. murray to treat michael jackson in an improper way. >> reporter: katherine jackson is suing the tour promoter for negligence, claiming the company pushed michael too hard, threatened to cancel the tour if he missed rehearsal and forced him to accept treatment from dr. conrad murray, the man convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the 2009 death of the king of pop. attorneys for aeg argue they merely had a performance agreement with jackson to put on a tour and was in no way responsible for the singer's health or death. michael's two older children, prince and paris, will reportedly take the stand, as well as katherine. the potential witness list also features serious star power including prince, quincy jones,

and spike lee. as for dr. murray, his attorney says he plans to plead the fifth but acknowledges that might not work in a civil trial. >> it is possible he may have to answer questions on a question by question basis. >> reporter: even though michael jackson was acquitted, the jury will still hear about the child molestation trial. attorneys believe that may have influenced the singer's emotional state and health at the time of his death. >> diana alvear in los angeles, thanks very much. take a turn and get a check of the weather from al. >> thanks so much, guys, a little on the brisk side. i think everybody would agree. and it's going to stay cold. and yesterday temperatures were a lot nicer. we were in the mid-40s to upper 30s. today cold front's moved through. we got cold air coming in. temperatures anywhere from almost 10 to 20 degrees colder. 32 in boston, 39 in washington, d.c.

highs today are going to be on the chilly side as well. only 45 here in new york city, 36 in bangor, 40 in pittsburgh. and that cold air makes its way all the way down into the mid-atlantic states. nice down in texas with temperatures 80s and 90s. 60s in southern california, 50s in the pacific northwest and up around the plains, temperatures in the 20s and 30s. imosa mimosa. 7:34 on a tuesday morning. i'm meteorologist, christina loren. you can see the fog starting to lower at this point. right at the surface, still okay there. watch out for thick pockets of fog at the immediate coast until 9:00,10:00 today. 67 on the way to gilroy. a warmer afternoon by about 3-5 from yesterday's highs. we are done with the rain for now. it returns on thursday. we get a better chance late saturday into sunday. hope you have a fantastic day! l, thank you. this morning, mtv is suspending production of the popular reality show "buckwild" following the tragic death of

nbc's andrea canning is here with the story. >> just 21 years old, far too young. their bodies discovered inside an suv monday, stuck in a remote west virginia ditch. a community in shock and mourning after shain gandee, the 21-year-old star of mtv's hit show "buckwild," was found dead monday inside his family's ford bronco. >> today a senseless tragedy. my heart goes out for them. >> i don't care what kind of show it is. as long as it's four-wheel-drive and i can jam it. >> reporter: shain was one of "buckwild's" breakout stars. >> he owned his southern pride, he owned being from west virginia. >> one way in, one way out. >> he was always doing practical

jokes. >> reporter: gandee and co-star shea bradley were here on "today" in january. >> have fun, live in the moment, you're young. >> you only live once, so live it up. >> reporter: according to the county sheriff the suv was discovered in a remote area about a mile from gandee's home partially submerged in a mud pit. gandee and two men found in the vehicle. police say the men had been missing since early sunday, last seen leaving a local bar around 3:00 a.m. >> i just wished he had got out and come home. >> reporter: on his official "buckwild" bio gandee is called sociable and loyal, a guy who loved muddle and hunting but most of all he loves his parents. tributes from fans are all over twitter. >> he was a wild, free one that loved living in the woods and was always the life of the party. >> my truck, that's my pride and joy. >> that's what makes it so tragic. he was very loveable. >> the medical examiner will conduct autopsies to determine the cause of death, but again,

they do not believe any foul play was involved. there's speculation this could have been a case of carbon monoxide poisoning if the tailpipe was submerged in the mud to block it. >> sad story. andrea canning, thank you so much. coming up next the truth behind the skyrocketing number of adhd cases in america, are some children taking prescription drugs they do not need? later "jurassic park" turns 20 and celebrates by going 3d. we'll catch up with two of its stars but first these messages. we'll catch up with two of its stars but first these messages. presentations on research. l and development. some new members of the team will be introduced. the chairman emeritus will distribute his usual wisdom. and you? well, you're the chief life officer. you just need the right professional to help you take charge. ♪

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back now, 7:42 with the skyrocketing number of children being diagnosed with adhd, "the new york times" reports there hases about been a 53% increase in the past decade, 11% of kids have been diagnosed with the disorder and two-thirds are being treated with medications like ritalin and aderol. dr. nancy snyderman. >> good morning to you. >> to you is there any medical explanation for this explosive of a rise in these diagnoses or is it clear to you we are overdiagnosing this condition? >> i can't explain in one generation why you'd see a leap this big. i think we were underdiagnosing before and it's easy to

overdiagnose now. if you have a child with a.d.d. or adhd it requires not just how is billy doing but a rigorous battery of tests. doctors, schools and parents get lazy when they have to go through the process. >> a lot people look at the numbers and think parents, educators or doctors frustrated with typical childhood behavior may be too quick to reach the diagnosis. >> i'm one of the parents, i've been down this road and know what this is like. i have to defend the pharmaceutical industry. lot of people say it's big pharma pushing drugs. it's parents who don't know what to do and doctors say try this and a school system that hasn't changed in over 150 years and we have rambunctious boys, and we don't have recess, we don't have experiential learning, we have sit down in your chair, look at the blackboard and do things by rote like we always have and we have changing brains.

technology has rewired things. i think that's part of it. >> you say it's hard to explain this generational shift. on the other hand is this truly a condition of its time? these are children raised with iphones, with video games that move so fast. is this an attention span that a generation where the attention span is smaller? >> look at you and me. that blackberry is being tweeted by you every 15 seconds when you're on that desk and that's a technological shift and so if you as an adult feel really connected to this and you didn't even grow up with it, imagine what it is like when you're a 2-year-old and get your first ipad, you bet their brains are going faster and they bore more easily, and so one of those old books, the teacher just died and the geranium in the window sill and you kept on talking. these allow kids to concentrate and do well. when they're in doses that are

too high they can cause psychosis and death, this is parents, teacher's frankly students having to look at this in a different way. >> if parents are aware they should be asking doctors for a rigorous screening. >> this is not a how is billy doing, this is really testing at school and observational testing it can be done right. >> nancy thank you so much. >> you bet. coming up the mom ruffling feathers by urging young women using their time in college to find a husband. up next al gets things cooking at the white house with first lady michelle obama, right after this. ♪ right. but the most important feature of all is... the capital one purchase eraser. i can redeem the double miles i earned with my venture card to erase recent travel purchases. and with a few clicks, this mission never happened. uh, what's this button do? [ electricity zaps ] ♪ you requested backup? yes. yes i did.

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house, you held your own there. ♪ >> she knew all the words. >> you should have gone into "sweet caroline." >> i did and jay leno lip synced for me. >> first we were showing a couple moments ago the president had a rough day in sports, 2 for 22 with the home crowd watching, it reminded me, he's seen better days, back in 2008 on the campaign trail he was in kuwait, there you see him not making it. there was this -- >> we'll show it. he makes a three-pointer on the second try so maybe that accounts for why he was so confident yesterday and kept shooting them. >> it is, when that many people are standing around you and you know there are cameras from everywhere, that is hard to make a shot like that. >> i would have given up or not even tried. >> exactly. >> that's why i'm not president. >> he plays basketball a lot. he's always warmed up. >> earlier we had this video of

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a rough start down in the bay. a cement truck on the side after an accident. on the south bay corrector route

to northbound highway 101. the chp has issued a sig alert to that area. a coastal look at the traffic situation elsewhere. we check in with anthony slaughter. good morning. >> you saw the video with the cement truck on its side. crews try to get that right side up with the crane that's on site. you have lots of folks looking at the accident. that's causing slowdowns on 101 northbound. that's going to continue to be the case until they get this out of the ramp. let's take you up to some of our bridges. we are starting to see some slowdowns. this looks pretty much jam-packed as you get over into the peninsula side. the bay bridge is slow as usual. we don't have any major delays. otherwise, typical slowdowns in the hot spot. the sig alert has been cleared from the accident on the bridge. that is still causing slowdowns just because of all the cars that were backed up there. 7:57. time to turn it over to christina loren.

>> we are giving you a big thumb's up in the weather department. good morning to you. once we get rid of all this fog, low clouds. you can see it starting to thin out. we are already starting to get some of that in sunol. our hills get to stay green thanks to the rainfall we received yesterday. 70 degrees in livermore. 68 in santa teresa. we have more rain on thursday. it looks like it comes through thursday morning. it will stop thursday night. friday, a break. then, john, more rain and wind saturday into sunday. over to you. good news, we need the rain, right, christina? thank you very much. we will have another local update in one half hour from right now. we will see you then. hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios

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you 20 years ago wait until you see them now in 3-d, "jurassic park" is being rereleased better than ever. we'll catch up with two of its stars live in the studio in a few moments. first we say hello there, laura dern and sam neil looking fabulous. we thought it was true to life back then and we'll catch up with them in a couple of minutes. >> we have "the professionals" in our studio as well, talking about a different angle of the kevin ware injury, the broken leg, how did cbs hand tell as broad casters, did they show the right number of replays, did they warn the audience enough? we'll be tackling that with the pros in a couple of minutes. >> then what if you've got some relationships especially with your siblings and things have fall an part, what can you do to repair them? we'll hear about two sisters, what drove them apart and what they're doing now to reconnect.

it's a great story. >> good advice. let's get the top stories, natalie morales is at the news desk. >> good morning, savannah, matt and al and good morning, everyone. new threat from north korea has tensions escalating on the korean peninsula. the north announced plans today to restart offline nuclear facilities including a reactor that used to make fuel for nuclear bombs until it was closed back in 2007. the u.s. has deployed extra forces in the area including a navy missile destroyer. officials in texas are on alert after the weekend murders of a district attorney and his wife. d.a. mike mclelland and wife cynthia were found shot to death in their home on saturday. the killings came two months after his assistant d.a. was assassinated. federal sources say they haven't ruled anything out from a drug cartel to a lone gunman to a white supremacist gang. a colorado district attorney announced monday that he'll seek the death penalty against movie theater massacre suspect james holmes. the former neuroscience student

is accused of killing 12 people and wounding more than 70 during a midnight premiere of a batman sequel last july. caroline kennedy is reportedly in line to become the next u.s.ment ambassador to ja. she's a long time spoe esupport president obama. sending her to tokyo will continue a presidential tradition of appointing well-known political figures to the post. for a look at what is trending today a roundup of what has you talking online, our show is the at the top of the trends as matt's interview with singer chris brown was the number one yahoo! search overnight including brown's admission that he lost everything after his domestic dispute with rihanna. social media are buzzing over martha stewart's revelation that she is buddies with snoop dogg and they even make brownies together. following actress lindsay lohan on twitter is always

interesting. "it's official, pregnant" some wonder if it was an april fool's joke. the sea lion ronan is the first mammal who can keep a musical beat. take a listen. ♪ now of course the researcher's choice of music may be a little bit questionable but he's definitely keeping the bit. he's got the moves. 8:03, back outside to al with a check of the weather. >> taking it old school. what sorority is this? >> alpha delta. >> you're celebrating world autism. doing a nice job, all of you right along here, all right! light it up blue, autism speaks.

thanks very much for making's ware. we appreciate it. let's show you what we've got for you, our pick city of the day happens to be des moines, ia, who-hd nbc 13, sunny and cool, got friends from iowa, 46 degrees. it's april 2nd, we're talking lake-effect snow from cleveland to syracuse, up into vermont. some areas may pick up another three to six inches of snow between syracuse and utica and also in western new york as well. risk of strong storms also today down through central texas, that will extend up into oklahoma tomorrow, beautiful day in the pacific northwest, plenty of sunshine, sunny skies up and down the eastern seaboard, mild into the southeast but chilly here in the northeast on into new england. that's what's go 8:05 now on a tuesday morning. good morning, i'm meteorologist christina loren. cloudy sky over san jose. not going to last all day. we'll see those clouds burn off by about noon. sunshine will warm us up into

the 70s. concord and napa and santa rosa, 68 right here in beautiful san jose. tomorrow closer to 80 degrees inland and the rain comes in thursday morning. we'll get a break on friday. more rain saturday into sunday. >> savannah, penny for your thoughts? >> sure, my thoughts are what's coming up next on the show. >> abe lincoln, see, penny for your thoughts. >> i didn't see abe. i was like is this the time to talk about my thoughts, no. abe, al, thank you so much. coming up next, would you go to college to find a husband? that'sne mom's advice. whale' find out what "the professionals" think about that. is a sibling rivalry threatening to ruin a relationship with your sister? how to solve it before it's too late. the classic "jurassic park" goes 3-d and its stars are in the studio to talk about it but first these messages. a trimmer? no. we got nothing. we just bought our first house, we're on a budget.

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we're back, 8:09, star jones, donny deutsch and dr. nancy snyderman, are itching to talk about the stories that have you talking. let's talk about kevin ware and the horrific injury in the game louisville against duke, he was the guard who went down trying to block the shot, with the compound fracture of his leg. now, he went down on the sideline and in the 45 seconds that followed him falling to the ground cbs stayed on a shot from the waist up. and during that time, they were in the control room they're trying to figure out what they have in terms of a replay. 45 seconds later they show us two replays from different angles. how did you think cbs handled it? >> initially, i actually thought they did very well. obviously, during a live broadcast of a sporting event, you follow what the action is on the court, but then they made a good decision to only shoot him from the waist up and also to get the great reactions from the fans and the players.

>> donny? >> i thought they handled it perfectly. in reality you're showing a news event. and you're going to reshow it. they're taking it in for the first time and once they saw it the second time, wow, they pulled back so i don't think from cbs's point of view they could have done much differently. >> nancy, let me say this, they had the 45 seconds and before they replayed that shot the first time, they did not, however, say to the audience, "if you missed it, what you're about to see is horrific." they did not warn the audience. how did you feel? >> i don't think they had to warn the audience. and here's why. all you had to do is look at the silence, the look on people's faces, the fact that the color commentator said people have become visibly ill looking at this, and i was watching the game live, looked down and didn't see it, looked up, i wanted to see it. i admit as a physician i also wanted to see it.

i thought they handled it judiciously. this is now a news event. >> they have that incredible decision to make, what people should see and what people cannot handle seeing. >> the answer is, guess what? they're not making a decision because the reality is it's out there. so we talk about now what tv can do and where you can't control it and where the genie goes out of the bottle. >> no, but that happened at halftime, they made the announcement they weren't going to run the replays anymore. it was out there already. >> my whole point is tv does not control the universe. >> decisions were made at the moment this injury happened. >> you still have to treat it like a news event, you must show it and put it in context. they have seven or eight minutes of dead silence and they let it play out appropriately. >> and you don't replay it again and again because then you're starting to use it for your own purposes. >> i agree with you all. i think they handled it beautifully. let's move on to a trial that's beginning out in los angeles today, katherine jackson bringing suit against aig live,

that was the company that was promoting michael jackson's concert tour at the time he died. it's a wrongful death lawsuit, among the things that she is claiming is negligent hiring of dr. conrad murray, the man who is serving four years in prison right now for involuntary manslaughter. the price tag we're hearing of this lawsuit, $40 billion. go ahead. >> well, i can tell you that that's the only cause of action that's still there is negligent hiring. a lot of them have already been dismissed. in essence the company hired conrad murray, conrad murray was an employee of the company. he didn't do his job effectively and so the family, the estate is suing. >> did michael jackson want conrad murray? >> yes, absolutely. there's no question as to whether or not michael jackson wanted conrad murray but who was conrad murray, the boss, excuse me, the employee of? was he michael jackson's employee or was he aig's employee? that's the argument. >> we're already off the point i'm trying to make here $40 billion. >> okay, you want me to go for the money.

>> i was going to focus on that. this shows the ridiculousness of our legal system, there are no boundaries and regulations of what somebody can do in a suit. >> you can sue for it. it doesn't mean you'll get it. >> to put the number out there is just so absurd. >> why bother? they have more money from his estate they can ever spend in their lifetime. >> katherine says she believes this is the money her son might have made if he had stayed alive. >> she's wrong. >> if you said i'm going to sue and this money is going to go to a foundation that will do blah, blah, blah, fine but to have more money to spend on yourself no. let's move on. a lot of talk lately about women in the workplace, having it all, not having it all, leaning in, leaning out, all kinds of things. well, a former princeton university student is now, in an op-ed in the newspaper there, urging female students in the school to worry less about the workplace and having it all and

concentrate on finding a husband now. "forget about having it all or not having it all, leaning in or leaning out. here's what nobody else is telling you. find a husband on campus before you graduate. yes, i went there." she's saying that the women, the students, female students at princeton, will never have a better pool of worthy partners than they are seeing right now at princeton. >> i live in princeton. princeton university and princeton the town are a very cohesive place and this has been the buzz since last week. >> what do you think about it? >> class of '77. >> what do you think? >> as a public school kid who has only been to public schools and as close as i've ever gotten to the university is stepping across nassau street, arrogant, class of '77, thought she might have leaned in a little bit more but made pejorative comments about her husband at the university. >> what is the message to the young women? >> she said you'll never find anybody who is as smart as you. >> you're missing, i actually think there's a lot of wisdom in there, two thoughts in there.

number one what she is saying when you in college you're in a more like-minded -- >> she's not saying that. >> let me finish. you're in a more like-minded situation and so many men for the first 12, 14 years of their career, career, career, and 30s about getting married. women, if you want to get career, career, maybe get your partner early on. >> star, focus is for women on career and many of those same women are going to be left at the age of 30 falling short in the area of finding a great partner. >> i'll take the other side because i know so many women who now in the 40 to 50 range who focus solely on the career and there is no better pool of men than the men that you're going to meet in college. >> i cannot believe what i'm hearing. >> sorry, there's a much better pool of everybody -- >> but first of all, what are you going to do with this guy you meet if you get married at 22? >> it might be a nice time to meet somebody at that point in college.

>> say, i'll go you in ten years. >> meet them and go on birth control but don't get married. >> guys -- >> i'm sitting here as a 50-year-old without children. i can tell you that they really do resent it. >> the important message for young women -- >> never let them out of the house. >> no, it's that it's not either/or and don't wait until your mid-30s to say now it's time. >> this woman, susan patton has two children, one graduated from princeton, the other son is in princeton right now. has she helped his dating prospects this year? >> negative. >> or hurt him with this article? >> he's a celebrity now. >> i love this university, i love my town. it has been all the buzz but you guys, last week we were talking about leaning in and having women at the table. >> there's no problem with being at the table. >> you can do both. >> nancy, being a feminist is not saying you can't do this. it's allowing you to do it all. >> star -- >> and to choose what works for people. >> star, it's equal opportunity and equal pay for the equal job and you don't get it when you get married at 19.

>> excuse me, i know several women who did that. >> sorry, star. oh, man. >> donny, we'll talk about the yankees right after this. >> don't level me out of the yankees. >> we appreciate it, savannah? we have a psychiatrist right here, i think we need her. to "relationships on the brink" your siblings are supposed to be your best friends and allies. what happens when things fall apart? we talked to lauren martin and brooke von tempsky whose relationship reached a breaking point after years of strain. >> my sister brooke sometimes has a very aggressive tone of voice, it's not necessarily what she says, but it's how she says it. >> my sister lauren lives a structured, rigid lifestyle and i think we'd get along better if she'd just slowed down. >> i'm in maui, she's in virginia. so communication between us has always been a little bit more distant. we're at my brother's wedding and she came over and she was very aggressive and telling me that what my kids should and shouldn't do and it was a first

time that i had really stood up to her and said look, brooke, you're not going to talk to me that way. i was really tired of putting forth the effort to defend myself and losing every single time and that was really the point in the relationship where i knew that it was over. i was tired of being brooke's sister. >> i can't even tell you why we started arguing, but, once again, it never fails, her and i always get into a wonderful argument, and the next thing you know we're screaming at each other in front of probably close to 50 people. >> i didn't speak to her for two months after that. we are now writing letters back and forth to each other and each letter has a different subject, a tattooed memory of her doing something to me that really has hurt me and she responds back to me and we mail them back and forth and it's really helping heal the relationship. >> i am her best friend. i want her to be my best friend. i want to be the way sisters should be.

>> i only have one sister, and i always want to know that i have one sister and that i can count on her for anything. and i hope she feels the same way. >> gail saltz is a psychiatrist and "today" contributor. gail, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> a lot of sisters can relate to what they're going through. does this type my the strain that we can see in the relationship? >> siblings are rivalrous. we are in childhood and stays into it into adulthood. >> you see that as rivalry? >> yes, underneath, the breach is a rivalry, an envy. things go differently in childhood, different personalities, different temperaments, the hurt stays and then something happens later that causes an eruption. >> let's set expectations here.

because isn't there a certain amount of conflict that is inherent in a relationship? >> yes t is. you're my sibling so i should be able to say anything to you and be myself with you but sibling relationships take maintenance because there is an inherent stress and strain, differences between you and underneath the hurts of childhood that leave you ready for this kind of breach. >> a lot of us love the idea my sibling as my best friend. is that realistic? >> not necessarily and if you put that expectation on it it's where you may fall. there may be topics that you need to stay away. what these two have done the writing of the journal is a great way to start connecting. >> i was going to ask you for tips. when you have an issue with your sibling it could be issues going back 15, 20 years? >> it often is. >> what is the best advice if you want to repair strains? >> if you're watching today, make the first move, be the one to swallow your pride and reach out. you have to let go of the old stuff.

that's the hard thing to do. you can't keep going back to the old stuff. you'll never resolve that. you have to say i'm going to forgive that and try to deal in the here and now. you can say this was difficult but let's move on from today, use family holidays to do that and you can really make progress. >> dr. gail saltz, good advice, thank you. now, here's matt. savannah, thank you very much. hard to believe but it's been 20 years since the release of the blockbuster movie "jurassic park." it was the start of what was to become a billion-dollar movie franchise and now universal pictures is rereleasing it in 3-d. sam neill and laura dern are two of its stars. good morning to both of you. nice to see you. >> hello, matt. >> 20 years ago you have not aged a bit. >> oh, matt. >> she was 11 years old i think. >> very tall for my age. >> very tall for her age. >> yes. >> 31 now. 20 years later, can you believe it? >> does it seem like 20 years? has it gone by quickly? >> it seems like yesterday. >> does it really? >> i'm so looking forward to being in 3-d because i felt so

two-dimensional 20 years ago. >> the good news is you're in 3-d, the bad news is you're in 3-d, right at the audience with the tyrannosaurus rex. have you seen this? >> i've seen it, sam hasn't seen it yet. i think it's phenomenal. it's such, i was saying to sam i remembered getting to experience what a great film it is but the 3-d is awe-inspiring. >> when you really think about it, sam, 20 years ago with technology in the effects in this movie were ground-breaking. did it really even need 3-d? >> well, laura says she's sitting there. i can't wait to see it. >> you took your 11-year-old? >> i did. >> what was his impression of his mom in 3-d? >> probably overwhelming which is why my 8-year-old hasn't seen it because mom in peril is a bit awkward, but it's extraordinary, not just the terrifying consequences, but it's such an

awe-inspiring movie because it was so ground-breaking. >> when you were shooting it, did you know this was the start of something very big, sam? >> well, it was a sort of intersection of various technologies coming but most of all it was steven who is such a master at suspense and thrills, you know. so, it was kind of a bunch of things came together, and it's become iconic really, you know. it's become engrained in the culture in a strange way. >> any time you make a movie that is so laden with special effects it presents challenges. talk to me about some of those, laura. >> well, what was incredible, unlike other films, where, perhaps you go to work, you do your job and then later you see the movie and you see the effects, we were all there together as collaborators and a team. dennis mirren and ilm, stan winston and the anamatronics, we were all there, with each scene, going how are we going to

do this because it hadn't been done. it felt like a family as opposed to actors separate from the effects experience. >> it was a surreal adventure, not just for that reason we also went through a hurricane. >> we survived the hurricane together. >> where was the shoot here? >> kauai. >> on kauai. i remember standing on a beach with laura, she said do you think we're going to be all right, sam? i said i think we might die, laura, and she laughed, and we didn't die but you know the whole -- clearly we're here but -- >> how long did that shut down shooting? >> completely. >> it destroyed all our sets, we had to go back to l.a. >> from what i hear, sam, when the movie was being cast you nailed the part and they cast you immediately. laura, did you know that there were a lot of other young actresses going for the role of dr. ellie satler, and did you see the tape we ran the other day on the show? >> i didn't. i didn't and i didn't know. i just felt grateful for steven picking me.

>> sam, i want you to see who you might have been opposite of. look at these two actresses. >> maybe it's ritual behavior, species specific behavior that ideas them to one another. >> did you get a effect from the tranquillizers? >> yes. >> it could have been gwyneth paltrow, it could have been helen hunt, sam. >> i'm a lucky girl. >> you ruined their careers is what you did. >> wow. wow. two brilliant girls, i'm very lucky. >> i can't wait to see this in 3-d, i can't wait to take my kids to see this in 3-d. sam and laura, it's nice to see you again. >> good to see you. >> it hits theaters on friday. coming up, the star of "my big fat greek wedding" opens up about her difficult journey to good morning to you. it's 8:26. that breaking news is coming out of lafayette this morning where one person has been hurt in an

officer-involved shooting. it happened just about an hour ago on wood view drive. the contra costa county sheriff's department isn't say too much now. they say one person was taken to the hospital. we have a crew headed to the scene. we'll bring you more information as soon as it comes to the newsroom. in the meantime we also have news we're following in the south bay this morning, anthony slaughter doing that for us. an overturned cement truck. >> still there. not an easy traffic for the crews to get this thing right side up. the traffic is moving along smoothly. that wasn't the case a few hours ago when a lot of folks were looking and causing major slowdowns. as you can see traffic is moving along. an accident on 880 southbound, fremont boulevard with three cars involved. that's causing typical slowdowns in that location. a little further north in oakland, you can see lots of congestion headed northbound on 880, of course, bay bridge toll plaza very typical slow go there

as well. more coming up in half an hour. >> thank you very much, anthony. we'll have a look at that forecast as well in half an hour. hope you enjoy that tuesday morning. getting pretty busy out there. ♪ alright, let's go.

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we're back now, 8:30 on a tuesday morning and we've got a nice crowd the 2nd day of april, 2013, nice crowd on the plaza, a lot of people on spring break in new york city. we thank them for stopping by. i'm matt lauer and savannah guthrie, natalie morales and mr. al roker, chilly out today, 39 degrees, a little breezy. >> only getting up into the mid-40s as it spreads around the northeast, mid-atlantic into the south. >> what's the good news is? >> the good news is it's going to warm up by june. >> good to know. >> something to hope for. >> exactly. coming up an oscar winner's difficult road to motherhood. >> nia vardalos is here, a lot of us know and love her from "my big fat greek wedding" she's opening up in a memoir about her road to motherhood. we'll catch up with her in a few

moments. >> we have got the story behind the innovative boots that apparently all fashionable penguins are wearing, so we're told. we'll tell you more about that. >> wah, boy wonder, wah, wah. did you ever wonder what barbie looks like without makeup? >> not really. >> there you go, she's aged a bit but -- >> she's still pretty. the bangs are another story. >> i was going to say something but thought better of it. it has been a rough 12th season for the guys on "american idol." devan was sent home after getting what i thought were rave reviews. nice to see you, good morning. your solo performance the judges seemed to like it and off you went. were you surprised? >> you know, it's funny but it's a weird feeling as a contestant sometimes when it's your time to go and you feel really good

about your performance, i woke up that morning and i was already, my bags were packed and i was already ready to go and i think that i had a great run and i don't have any regrets toward the contestants and judges. i thought i did my best. >> people loved your performance. nicki minaj was tough on you y guys "get off the stage and never do that again." how do you feel about those comments? >> i think it's nicki minaj, she wanted us to go, i still love her. the way my mother raised you, when people talk about you and it's not about you don't take offense. she said you forgot your lyrics and with off pitch, with all due respect i wasn't off pitch nor did i forget my lyrics, but i think it was a wake-up call not just to us guy but the rest of us left, once you're in top ten lyrics and that shouldn't happen.

it's unprofessional. >> listen, good luck. it's nice to have you here, devin thank you very much. >> devin velez. a chilly day to start us off today, lake effect snow showers through the great lakes. the heat returns to the southwest into southern california, nevada, temperatures are going to be on the toasty side, afternoon showers in the northern plains and lake-effect snow in the eastern great lakes ll c 8:33 now. happy tuesday. i'm meteorologist christina loren. this is san jose. we do have a mix of sun and clouds. done with this low cloud cover here. we have thick clouds at the coast this morning. 63 on the way to san francisco. 67 in redwood city and 68 degrees in los gatos.

we're going to clear those clouds of here by 10:00 today. looking good to hit 70s. rain returns on wednesday and sunday. >> don't forget any time you need that weather, go to the weather channel on channel or weather.com. any time you need to see a 100-year-old in a smucker's jar go to willard in florida. >> how nice to be in florida, the oranges. the blossoms are blooming for next year's crop. we love our smucker's birthday buddies, frieda handelman, she is 100 years old today and she is from frontenac, missouri. we wish her happy birthday. richard, handsome fellow, richard adam and he is from dyersburg, tennessee, i want to be in my texas in dixie

paradise, old song i learned as a kid, 100 years old, happy birthday, how nice it is. we have take a look if you will, please, the lovely yettawerknni from brooklyn, new york and rose and nathan sokoloff, ocala, florida, 75th anniversary, and now if you will, please, take a look at lillian, i always love that name, lillian oliver, lillian is from macon, georgia, 100 years old today. she loves flowers and i'll bet she likes pecans, too. i like this name, too, grace, amazing grace, how sweet the sound, grace calvano from grand island, new york, 100 years old today. you can smell her house a mile away all the good stuff coming out of the kitchen.

that's it, speaking of good stuff coming out of the kitchen, back to little new york. >> willard, thank you very much. when we come back, nia vardalos who left me a note in my coat is now sleeping on the set. she's going to be in the studio to talk about a rather difficult road to motherhood. we love her and we'll have much more with her but first this is "today" on nbc.

>> announcer: "today's moms" is brought to you by quaker, nothing gets you going quite like the power of quaker, quaker up. >> back now at 8:39 with "today's moms." the world fell in love with nia vardalos as writer and star of the 2002 hit "my big fat greek wedding" to this day it remains the highest grossing romantic comedy of all-time. she's still acting and has another project in the works,

motherhood, she chronicles her bat well infertility that led her to adoption in a new book called "instant mom." good morning to you. >> good morning. >> let's get one thing right out of the way. we know you and love you from "my big fat greek wedding" where you talk about your fictionalized greek family, this was hard to write a story that is so raw and so personal. >> i'm terrified actually, right now this is the moment where i am going to talk for the first time publicly about what i went through and how it led us to our daughter, and writing a book is brand new territory even though i make fun of my family in my screen plays for fun and profit, this is new to talk about my personal life but i'm doing it because my husband and i are taking the proceeds and we are going to share them among so many groups and get some kids adopted. >> you mentioned your daughter so we know this story has a happy ending. we are going to show some pictures that have your daughter in them. we're not showing her face because you want to maintain her privacy. >> yes, i'm walking a fine line with the book, telling the truth

about what happened because when i was in my situation of trying to find ways to adopt, all over the world, it was difficult and this is the book that i wished was out there. the back of the book is 25 pages of how to adopt from all over the world, because every child deserves a home and maybe we can find a place for them with the book. >> let's talk about your journey because as you say it was a long one and it was a painful one. you went through ivf treatments, infertility treatments 13 times. anybody who has ever been through it or knows someone know it's heartbreaking and disappointing. >> i am very persevering and tenacious, i call myself a fearless idiot but at the point you do one after another after another it's because you're so in the pursuit of being a mother. i would do it again and ultimately everything that didn't work, every match that didn't work with an infant that led us to adopting our daughter who was almost 3 when we met, we had 14 hours' notice and she

walked in our door and i would do it all again because i'm supposed to be her mother. >> and that's your perspective on this journey. when people think about you and think of your joyousness and exuberance, at the time you were at the height of success, oscar nomination day you were going through this infertility process. >> yes, i was keeping the secret because of that. i felt that to admit that i felt like a failure inside was not what my public persona was of being so happy and now, when you talk to women you sit around having coffee and talk to women and so many women have gone through this, so this is my way of saying you know what? you are not alone. it happens. it happens to a lot of us and there's no shame in it. >> you just mentioned a few moments ago when you did get matched with elaria, set the theme. you get the news in 12 hours you'll have a little girl. >> she came to live with us within 14 hours notice. ian and i met her, drove to a parking lot. the way it works with american

foster care you have a chemistry meeting. the social workers were holding her in her arms, i knew nothing of her, a brown haired almost 3-year-old little girl in someone's arms and she turned and looked at me and my first thought was oh, i found you. so that's it. now i know, this is what i went through and i think, i always think like a lot of reviewers in studio heads, why did the success of "my big fat greek wedding" happen to me, now i think i'm supposed to be using my big mouth to talk about adoption. >> you have been candid about it, a 3-year-old little girl who had a hard life at that point and it wasn't easy, it wasn't overnight she adjusted although i know you loved her overnight. >> yes, oh man that adjustment, i write honestly in the book what happened from the minute she came to live with us. it was eyes downcast, she was withdrawn, she got very angry the next day. she bit my finger to the point where i was like, medic!

it was really, really hard. she wouldn't let us hold her or kiss her and i'm here today because within six months, by the time we finalized her adoption she was completely transitioned, and loving and attentive and attached, and that's the fear that people have. >> that's the fear you speak to in this book, i know that's why you're coming out because i think people are afraid to adopt an older child out of fear there may be some damage that's irreparable and you're here to say that's not true. >> it's strange, isn't it, we'd be more likely to take in a dog we found in the street. i say in the book a dog who could eat your face while you're asleep and yet here are these children and there are so many children, 130,000 legal emancipated children in the u.s., children in every country that need a home, so i always say if you're looking to adopt in the u.s., follow the laws of your state, it's different for every state and if you're looking to go abroad, please do, go wherever you think your child is. >> nia vardalos, it's great to

see you and hear yu story and happy ending. . the book is called "instant mom." mgts coming up next where to find timely help if you can't pay your taxes. first this is "today" on nbc.

>> announcer: "today's money" is brought to you by fidelity investments. turn here. >> and we're back now at 8:46 with "today's money" and this morning we're talking about the tax deadline that is fast approaching. we're looking at what you should do if you get a bill that you can't afford to pay. sharon epperson is cnbc's personal finance correspondent. good to have you back. >> good morning. >> this segment we've done a lot of times. >> certainly. >> i think it's so important because if you have the wrong information or if you do the wrong things at this stage, it can cost you dearly. >> it can cost you a lot and the wrong mistake so many people make is failing to file a tax return. even if you can't pay right now,

put in that tax return, file that tax return on time, that's the best thing you can do. >> and the reason for that and people need to hear this, that if you fail to file a return, the penalty is greater than if you can't pay. >> it's ten times greater, if you fail to file you pay 5% of that unpaid tax bill plus interest every month. if you just are unable to pay, that failure to pay penalty is only half a percent plus interest every month. >> say you need to file an extension. how much time does that buy you? >> it buys you six months but you got to do it by april 15th. you still have to file for that extension by the tax filing deadline and do you not have to file your return until october 15th. >> you file for an extension and two things you can do, you can call the irs, who do you ask for and what do you tell them? >> you can ask for someone. the fact is to go on irs.gov and try to set up an installment agreement right there, that's the best bet for many people.

>> if you end up talking to a human being do you give them the reasons that you're unable to pay your irs bill? >> you probably have many reasons you're unable to pay. what the irs wants to know and they say this on the online form as well they want to know the highest amount that you can pay every month and when you'll be able to pay it. that's what they really want to know and once you're able to do that you can apply for this online, this installment agreement and have it set up in minutes. >> very easy. you want people to be aware especially at this period of time where they're vulnerable that there are scams out there. talk to me about that. >> there are scams out there and a lot of people are preying on folks who may be having some trouble paying their taxes or may be unaware of how to go through the process. one of the biggest scams out there of course is identity theft and the irs has been working diligently trying to get rid of identity theft but it's out there, people trying to take your social security number or other information on your return to file a return or try to get a claim, claim a refund. >> at the bottom of the screen

it says the irs never uses e-mail to contact taxpayers about tax issues so if you get an e-mail claiming to be from the irs, it's not from the irs. >> it's not from the irs, that's a phishing scam. if they want to contact you, they will contact you but they'll send you a letter. >> we get a lot of e-mails over the last couple of days about filing taxes and this one, more than half of all small businesses work from home and here's a common worry tweeted actually by gary, he tweets, is a home office deduction an automatic audit? >> so many people worry about this. this is not necessarily true. in fact normally if you have a home-based business you use a percentage of your home, a space in your home, a room in your home exclusively for work, then you are able to claim the home office deduction. what trips people up, it is a complicated process. you need to figure out the percentage of the square footage in your home that is used for the home office and the percentage of expenses that are used for this home office work,

and the difficulty here is that doing those calculations can often confuse people, it's difficult. starting next year the irs will simplify the process. >> let's go back and end on the headline, if you can't afford your irs bill file a return anyway because the penalty for not filing a return is ten times greater than the penalty for not being able to pay the bill. >> that's right, file it by april 15th, file for an extension if you need to but realize if you file for an extension that penalty and interest still starts to kick in starting april 16th. >> sharon epperson, thanks very much, appreciate it. it's 8:50. up next, hot new fat foogss for penguins. first this is "today" on nbc. hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios

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well, we all love shoes, right, but did you know sometimes penguins need them, too? nbc's kevin tibbles explains. ♪ >> reporter: if you were a penguin at chicago shedd aquarium you'd shout, too. after all, life is good. but even these pampered penguins occasionally have the wind taken out of their waddle. >> as our birds age and get older they get sore feet like we do. >> reporter: they had a web-footed conundrum. >> they had a penguin problem. >> reporter: to treat the painful pengo pods the shedd partnered with the brilliant

engineering students at northwestern university. >> my reaction was like, what? this is not engineering. this is arts and crafts. >> reporter: but it is engineering, and they invented little waterproof form-fitting penguin boots to help those aching feet. >> we designed something similar to a bandage like a band-aid for a penguin. >> reporter: it works, on this day penguin number 405 after a little spray-down gets to model the invention on the poolside runway. >> it was so simple and so perfect, we looked at each other and said why didn't we think of that? >> reporter: the collaborative program with the shedd began eight years ago as part of northwestern's freshman design, thinking and communication class. >> to have the opportunity to work on a project that's going to touch something that they never thought of doing in engineering, to work with fish as opposed to building a building. >> reporter: this unique

partnership has resulted in several innovations that help both the animals and the shedd's team of animal care experts. >> in the end everything in engineering i think boils down to problem solving. >> reporter: even if the problem involves designing an easy to use system to deliver waterbound medications to fish. >> how many people can say they worked on a fish anesthetic delivery system. i can tell you it's about four. >> reporter: how about this request? >> we'd like to you build us a small hyperbaric chamber this big for seahorses. >> reporter: that's right a tiny decompression chamber that helps sea horses remove air bubbles from under their skin. >> then the sea horses can naturally expel the bubbles. >> reporter: burp and feel better. >> right. >> reporter: all the perfect combination of deep thought and deep sea. back by the penguin pool, penguin 405 who, by the way, is quite coquettish loves all the

attention especially when at the end of the day she can put her feet up and nibble on raw fish. for "today," kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >> don't worry, kevin, we'll never show you the footage again. >> you'll never live that waddle down. >> when you thought it was scarce for the christmas reel, kevin waddles like a penguin. >> he has his waddle. >> necessity is the mother of invention, how about that, smart kids coming up with that, young people. >> oh the kids, oh the young people. >> penguin and sea horse grievances all addressed, go on with your day, america. >> maybe they should stop wearing high heels. coming up, why do certain words make us cringe? we'll get into that on "take three." >> but first your local news and weather.

it is 8:56. i'm laura garcia-cannon. happening in lafayette where there's been an officer involved shooting. this map shows you the shooting happened about half an hour ago on woodview drive off st. mary's road. more on this story at 11:00 as we continue to follow it. following our forecast, meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning, laura, good morning to you at home. temperatures comfortable, 3 to 5 warmer than yesterday. 66 bayside, 61 at the coast. more rain around the corner. that arrives thursday morning. we'll get another round late saturday into sunday. overall looking good, though, we need the rain at this point. hope you have a great day.

♪ welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning.

it is april 2nd, 2013, a sunny day here in new york city but dipping back into winter temperatures. inside studio 1a, the gang is back together for the first time in like two and a half weeks. something like that. natalie morales, al roker. when i say the word moist, what do you think? >> oh, makes my skin crawl. >> moist, are you okay? >> i'm okay with moist. >> that's a little tease. coming up later in "take three" we're going to talk about americans' least favorite words. we've been inspired by a piece in "slate" magazine. we have some doozies and asked for your favorites. i'm cringing reading these. our "take one" is the big story in late night, jay leno and jimmy fallon. if you own a computer, iphone or take delivery of a newspaper you know there's a little thing going on right now. >> just a little thing. >> some reports. >> that jimmy may take over for jay. they treated it as they always do with humor. here's what they did last night. >> hey, jay. >> hey, kid, how are you holding up? >> okay, i guess. you? >> i'll live. i've been through this before,

got to admit i'm getting a little sick of all this. >> jay can i ask you something, we're still friends, right? >> yeah, of course, of course we're still friends. ♪ tonight, tonight who's gonna host tonight ♪ ♪ is it gonna be jimmy or jay ♪ tonight, tonight my ratings were all right ♪ ♪ 20 years and i'm still in first place ♪ >> jimmy, it's time. >> i got to go, jay. >> do a good show, jimmy. >> i will, and jay? >> yeah. >> thanks. >> it was very poignant. >> it's sad but it's brilliantly done as well. talking about how their voices matched. >> we were talking earlier about

is it really their voices and i guess one of our producers made a call to one of their producers and said they started singing with their voices but then as it got into it. >> it sounded like jimmy at the top. the interesting dynamic there is i did "leno" on thursday and i was talking to him about it. he has great affection for jimmy fallon. he thinks he's great. he thinks he's a huge talent and think he's ought to get "the tonight show." he just doesn't like reading about it in the newspaper. >> right, but what a class act. >> truly. >> for him to do this whole thing as well with jimmy. it shows you at some point when he is ready to pass the baton there will be no hard feelings. >> he has a good sense of humor about himself. he did the bit with oprah and david letterman. >> yeah, exactly. >> he's a good guy. >> we love our jay. >> a good way to defuse this one. "take two," speaking of singing, there was singing going on at the white house yesterday with al roker and the first lady of the united states. al of course was at the easter egg roll yesterday. >> yes. >> and i guess you got together

to cook with the first lady. >> and chef ann burrell and ann said something, put a little love in your food and that kind of generated a little sing-along. >> let's take a look. >> take a listen. >> ready, like this. ♪ put a little love in your food ♪ >> one more time. ♪ and the world would be a better place ♪ ♪ and the world would be a better place ♪ >> pretty good, al. >> we made broccoli raab pesto with spicy italian sausage. ♪ >> grand finale. very nice. >> you've had quite a couple of months with the white house. >> yes, it's been a lot of fun. we had the inaugural, the inauguration, the president acknowledging us. >> and, of course, vice president which we loved for doing one over and over again. >> come on! >> okay, okay, let me say hi to al. >> i never thought he would come over, i really didn't.

yes! >> and al singing with the first lady which tops it all. >> another drop the mike moment, not bad, al roker. >> life is good. our "take three" is word aversions. slate.com has a new piece about why some people hate certain words. here are the ones they point to, maybe you can relate to some of them. ready? moist. ointment. >> why are you enunciating. >> panties, sorry about that one, naval, crud and fudge. >> only i didn't say fudge. i said the mother of all words. >> there's scientific research that there are certain words that make people have a physical negative reaction. >> fudge? >> i'm thinking fudge like delicious chocolate, yum. >> blissful. so we actually called out to you. we tweeted out and asked you for some of your least favorite words. i'll throw a few out. you have some, too. >> moist tops the list.

>> runaway winner. that was definitely one of mine. oozing, secretion, puss. >> so bodily functions. >> anything having to do with yucky fluids from your body. savannah said foot fungus, matt said compound fracture. >> especially today. couple other ones, slacks was a big one on my timeline. pork. >> pants? >> what? >> dangle was another one. >> that's a bad one. >> seepage, slather, yeast, phlegm and loaf. they don't like loaf? >> there's some bakery stuff in there. >> there is, bodily functions and baking. >> a term i won't even say it because it's disgusting. >> that bad? >> the word phlegm. enjoying your breakfast? >> my uncle mike who may be watching has one he hates the plural of cheese, cheeses. he thinks there's too much in

there. should just be cheese. would you like to try some of our cheeses? >> uncle mike is on to something. i'm with you on that uncle mike. >> cheese whiz, now you're talking. moist was the runaway. moist cheeses are the words. >> those are disgusting. you may have a fungus on top of them. that's just crossing the whole thing. >> a loaf of moist cheeses. mmm. >> yum. >> yum. >> how about this one -- >> a good cheese oozes when you hold it. >> we could do it all day. >> these poor people at home trying to eat. >> this is ratings gold. repeating words that people hate. >> our producer is going -- about to take off like a chopper. >> keep your slacks on over there. >> debbie, do the cue so we know what you're talking about. >> she's like let's go and mark, too. >> a bonus take. >> switching gears. >> barbie without makeup, we've

never seen it. barbie comes with makeup. >> permanently blue eye shadow. >> one enterprising person went on a media website and created what he or she believes barbie would look like without the goop on her face and trying to find out this is what regular folks look like. >> not regular folks think about it. >> right so there you go. >> okay. >> but the rest of her still looks the same. >> i didn't get that far, natalie. >> then it took an ugly turn. >> just a head shot. >> she's got braces on. >> braces. what about the bangs. >> severe bangs. now we know. >> the good news is there's no oozing. >> no oozing. >> i think that was informative. let's get to the serious stuff. we have new threats from north korea as tensions escalating on the korean peninsula. the north announced plans today to restart offline nuclear facilities including a reactor that used to make fuel for nuclear bombs until it was closed in 2007.

the u.s. has deployed extra forces in the area including a navy missile destroyer. officials in texas are on alert after the weekend murders of a district attorney and his wife. d.a. mike mclelland and wife cynthia were found shot to death in their home on saturday. the killings came two months after his assistant d.a. was assassinated. federal sources say they haven't ruled anything out from a drug cartel to a lone gunman to a white supremacist gang. a new tough stance on gun control from connecticut lawmakers in the wake of the newtown school shooting. legislators from both sides of the aisle are announcing wide ranging proposals, including universal background checks and a statewide dangerous weapon offender registry. a vote is expected today in the state's general assembly. for the first time in three years, investigators are searching for remains in newly uncovered debris from the world trade center. officials are hoping to identify more victims over the next ten weeks. more than 2,700 people died in

the 2001 attacks on the world trade center but only some 1,600 victims have been identified. one of reality television's rising stars died in what appears to have been a bizarre accident. 21-year-old shain gandee was a breakout performer on mtv's "buckwild." gandee an uncle and a friend were found dead inside a ford bronco on monday partially submerged in a mud pit in west virginia. foul play is not suspected. there is speculation it could be a case of carbon monoxide poisoning if the exhaust pipe was blocked by the mud. caroline kennedy is reportedly in line to become the next u.s. ambassador to japan. the 55-year-old daughter of president john f. kennedy is a long time supporter of president obama, and sending her to tokyo would continue a presidential tradition of appointing well-known american political figures to the post. they say music soothes the savage beast, but who knew that beast just wanted to sing a

duet. check it out. ♪ that is fred the bulldog, big fan of the three tenors apparently. a little bit of frustrated opera star, didn't quite make it. but he's doing well. >> so dramatic, looking longingly out the window. >> like jay leno at the end of that. do a split screen. >> same voiceover guy, good stuff. thanks. al, now a look at the weather? >> let's see what we have for you. talking about a risk of severe weather throughout much of central and southern texas today, and that is going to be making its way to the east. already we're seeing some good thunderstorms firing up, and up to the north into parts of kansas we're talking about snow with this system. we're going to be watching this make its way to the east over

the next 24 hours, and as it does, the activity increases. looking at severe storms firing up, a lot of rain with this and by thursday the potential of tornadoes. the next 24 hours look for anywhere from two to three inches of rain from central texas, louisiana, all the way on up into oklahoma. that's what's going on in the country. here's what's happenin morning. i'm meteorologist christina loren, taking a live look at cloudy skies overhead. look at this, clouds breaking apart just a touch. that means the sun will shine through in an hour, hour and a half. 67 in santa teresa, 67 on the way to gilroy. tomorrow closer to 80 inland, 70 bayside and 66 at the coast. thursday bring the rain in for your morning commute. friday clear you out and more rain as we get into the weekend. >> fred's got a new duet. take a look. pretty good. ♪ buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks ♪

♪ i don't care if i never get back ♪ ♪ let me root, root, root for the home team ♪ ♪ if they don't win it's a shame ♪ >> did you get rehearsal time before that or dive right in? >> no, that was a long time ago. >> you're much better now. >> i was pregnant then. >> you're blaming your children. wow! >> throws her child under the bus. >> my ears didn't work. >> mommy loves you, but i'm going to use you as an excuse because i'm a lousy singer. >> honestly i couldn't hear, they had the music playing from the other side of the field. >> and it would have been so much better. >> blaming an unborn child is really a new low for you natalie. >> sorry you had to hear that again. coming up next relationship experts tackle your questions about love, marriage and money, but first, these messages. want to sing us out to break?

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support us in creating the biggest growl ever. [ kids growling excitedly ] ♪ this morning on "today's relationships" 411, answers to your questions about love, money and marriage. let's meet psych triand "today" contributor gail saltz matt huss ye, author of "get the guy" and r.g. allen, relationship therapist at drexel university. good morning everyone. >> good morning. >> good to have this crew with us. we have a lot of questions so we want to get right to it. we begin with tammy in aurora, ohio, she has a question for you on skype. tammy, good morning, what's your

question? >> good morning. my husband and i have four children and for the better part of the last three years we have lived in separate states due to my husband's job relocation and we're only able to see each other on holidays. this adds a lot of stress and financial stress to our relationship. how do we stay connected? >> r.g., why don't you take this one. they're only seeing each other on the holidays. how do you keep the magic there? >> a lot of couples are going through this because of the economy and the job market. what i would say to tammy this is the way you connect with your boo, with your honey if you will. remember the old-fashioned letter writing that we don't do anymore, we tend to type or text or whatever? write a letter, maybe once a week or every other week and send it snail mail, not e-mail, because snail mail, you get the better, you can put it in your hope chest when you're missing your partner you can read it. you're reaching out through skype and also have a skype date, have a family time with your partner, and then put the

kids to bed and have a skype date, watch a movie, those things and have a way in which you text the way you love your partner so on a day you're thinking about them, it takes only a couple seconds but it goes a whole long way if you're just reaching out with a little pet name that recognizes that love for each other. >> we got the term boo into our first answer so we're off and running. tammy thanks for your question. e-mail from brezya in las vegas. i'm a 30-year-old woman who has been in a one and a half year relationship with a man who is my best friend. we are truly compatible and he makes me very happy, unfortunately i'm not in love with him. should i continue the relationship in hopes of falling in love or end the relationship and lose a great friendship of hopes of finding love elsewhere? >> this woman is panicked, feels on one level she's running out of time and another level she might lose her best friend.

we're suffering from a case i don't want to lose him but i really don't want him either. you got to be careful in that situation. in that moment there's probably more she wants from him, right. if she's got a friendship i'm sure she wants more than friendship. she wants someone who is going to turn her on, someone who is going to be a man for her, set her world alight. right now he's not doing that. one and a half years you should know but face it, if they've been in a rut, in a pattern there might be ways he could step up. i would say communicate the ways that he can introduce more passion. if she knows he needs to step up, if she knows he needs to take charge more, be more ambitious, whatever it may be, get him to step up in those ways, communicate she needs that. give him a three-month window. you don't have to tell him that but give him a three-month window. if she feels herself become more attracted and passionate, see where it goes. if she doesn't, it's far too early to settle.

>> we'll go to skype, dirk in cincinnati, ohio. good morning, what is your question. >> good morning, when i met my wife, lori, she had four lovely daughters and that was a little intimidating. i suppose i needed the challenge, but it was love at first sight, we began our marriage with a household full of four girls. we're now approaching our tenth anniversary and our youngest, jadie, is off to college so this is the first time in our relationship that it's just been the two of us. so starting this exciting new phase in our life, what tips can you provide for rejuvenating that initial love that we had and for keeping our romance far into the future? >> the empty nest. first of all congratulations on launching because that's a big deal and it allows you to be spontaneous now which is fantastic. there are three things you need to think about, mental stimulation, so doing things together that excite you mentally that are interesting that you can talk about, because after having all those kids in the house, couples often grow

apart and don't really know each other so well anymore, don't have those kinds of interesting intellectual stimulations and that's key. romance is the second part, again, all the kids in the house you probably stopped holding hands, you probably stopped giving each other little nuzzles, little back rubs, candlelight so introduce those things back in and three, of course is the sexual part, which is very important, and you can be spontaneous, afternoon delight, morning time is great. you don't have kids around, but what you do need to think about as you age is that what sexually works may change. so intercourse isn't everything. yes, i did say that. and what you need to think about you might need to switch it up and that's okay because sex is really about sexually pleasing each other and getting pleasure, and it's okay to make changes in that. >> dirk, thank you for your question. r.g. allen, matt hussey, dr. gail saltz good thoughts from all of you. coming up the $40 billion

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lafayette where there's been an officer-involved shooting. that shooting happened about an hour and a half ago on woodview drive. one person we know was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. we have a crew at the scene gathering information. we'll have the very latest today at 11:00. caltrans says dozens of bolts that snapped on the new span of the bay bridge were not properly tested before they were installed. the "san francisco chronicle" reports they were not checked for hydrogen contamination which causes brittleness. peninsula police on the lookout for a thief that can't keep his mouth shut. they call him the chatty thief. he walks into a store, has long conversations with employees. when they are not looking, he swipes their apple devices. police say he's hit eight times since february in burlingame and san francisco. he goes by the name mike or michael. he had shaggy brown hair but

reportedly just shaved it off sometime last week. we'll check the forecast right after this and the traffic.

welcome back now. the time is 9:28. taking a live look at skies starting to open up over san francisco. we will see a mix of sun and clouds today. we are getting rid of all that low cloud cover. i just want to show you where it continues to linger. that's right at the immediate coast in particular. travel still rather dark. right at the coast you might find ragged patches of fog for an hour, hour and a half. otherwise, clearing nicely, 72 in fairfield and 70 for napa and santa rosa. first check the drive with anthony. >> watching 101 northbound. in san jose, the cement truck that tipped over, they are still working to get that right side up. as you notice, traffic is flowing smoothly. the accident on the an ramp.

palo alto moving south, things moving smoothly there. a car fire at 280 and 92 connector, use caution as you approach that scene. laura. >> thank you, anthony. thank you for joining us. another news update in half an hour. have a great tuesday morning. ♪ ♪ when the planets are aligned, with you the star that hits the sky and climbs ♪

♪ and when you wake and in the morning, well dear friend i hope you'll find ♪ ♪ a love letter from the times and as if you needed me to tell you, that is the great liza minelli, appears as herself on nbc's "smash" that airs this saturday night. she'll be with us here on "today" on friday, her fans will be happy to hear she performs on "smash" and we'll chat with her friday on "today." inside studio 1a i'm willie geist along with al roker and natalie morales. coming up this half hour, jury selection begins today in the $40 billion, with a "b" wrongful death lawsuit brought by michael jackson's mother. plus girls just want to have fun and new beauty products

bring out your playful side, we're going to give you a chance to try a whole new look. and we'll learn how to fry with the best of them. we who are about to fry. >> fry. >> salute you with some traditional southern fried favorites, losing some of the fat without sacrificing the flavor. >> good. >> sounds good. before we start frying let's get a check of the weather. >> let's show you what we have today a risk of strong storms texas into oklahoma, wet weather making its way into the central plains, snow showers around the great lakes. beautiful day in the northwest, sunny and warm through the southwest. for tomorrow we have mild conditions in the mid-atlantic states, warm in southern california. gulf coast into texas again beautiful day in the pacific northwest, sunny and cold here in the northeast and new england. that's wha 9:32 now. happy tuesday. i'm meteorologist christina loren. happy to see this blue sky breaking through the clouds. over san francisco we will all

enjoy a mix of sun and clouds today. temperatures will warm by 5 degrees from yesterday's high. as a result 70 on the way to livermore. 63, nice day in the city by the bay and 65 in oakland today. meanwhile here in san jose, we'll hit the upper 60s. as we head through tomorrow, upper 70s on the way. then thursday the rain returns. it's going to drop our temperatures. >> that's your latest weather. now here's natalie with some more moisture products. >> al, thank you. this morning on "today's beauty" products you can play with. while most women have outgrown barbie there's no rule that says you can't have fun with your makeup. here is the beauty director of "self" magazine, elaine good morning. >> good morning. >> we love to play with your makeup and there's a lot to play with. >> there's a lot to play with, at "self" we believe beauty shouldn't be a burden and should be fun. the products are easy, goof proof. this is a new blush from

maybelline, it's a gel and cream formulation and when you touch it. >> it's bouncy like a sponge. >> it's foolproof, buildable color, add as much or little as you want, all of the colors have ten shades and they're sheer. >> this almost looks like candy. this is bronzer. >> this reminds me of candy and has euphoral in it, an anti-oxidant which increases endorphins, not only makes you feel happy but look happy. >> i like the colors, fun. over here this keeping with that theme is a blush stick. >> this is from benefit and you can use it for your cheeks or your lips. i like it because it's foolproof. it's a great weekend update fresh look. >> very moist. >> very hydrating, it's nice. >> what about over here? >> this reminds me of a glue stick. keep it on your desk and it's not sticky.

it has almond oil. for your hands, cuticles. it's a great thing to just wipe on your nails when you're on the phone, conference call, off you go and it will keep your manicure perfect. >> probably good for kids if they have chapped skin or if you have chapped skin. >> i love it and think it's super cool. >> okay and then now a lot of us with kids probably remember painting our nails with a marker. now there is that in real life for adults. >> these are from sally hansen. nail art is really big and it's a great way to update a basic manicu manicure. you can take these and draw on your nail and like a little heart or whatever. >> does it last as long as regular nail polish? regular enammle? >> it's regular enamel in a pen form. >> makes it so easy. >> she drew those on there. >> very cute. okay, this sort of looks like chalk but it's for your hair. >> yes, this is like sidewalk chalk but it's actually for your hair and you get it a little bit

wet. >> if you want to look like you have pink highlights which do you. >> isn't that fun and you can wash it out. >> to match my dress, i'll take the blue. of course i'm not going to get it out. >> i'm going out with my husband tonight -- >> a little rocker. this will probably be here tomorrow. >> no, it will come out. you can set it with hair spray or wash it out. looks super cool. >> i am i'm a little funky edgy now. this is actually soap but it looked like play-doh or modeling clay. >> it's shampoo and bubble bath. you can do everything with it. >> kids must love it. >> and they give 2.5% of the proceeds to develop outdoor activities for children which i think is great. >> that's great. you can find this anywhere? >> this is from lush cosmetics and it's called fun. >> it is a lot of fun. does it smell good? smells good, too.

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♪ chocolate. jury selection gets under way in the $40 billion wrongful death lawsuit brought by michael jackson's family. nbc's diana alvear is at the courthouse with the latest. >> reporter: this is shaping up to be worthy of its hollywood setting. we're expecting to hear from dozens of witnesses among them

two of jackson's children. legal experts tell us both sides have a strong case. this was michael jackson rehearsing for his final tour, "this is it." days later, he was dead. now, the long awaited trial that will determine whether aig live, the company handling the tour, should be held liable for the singer's death. >> the trial is really going to come down to did aig have sufficient control over dr. murray to encourage dr. murray to treat michael jackson in an improper way. >> reporter: katherine jackson is suing the tour promoter for negligence claiming the company pushed michael too hard, threatened to cancel the tour if he missed rehearsal and forced him to accept treatment from dr. conrad murray, the man convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the 2009 death of the king of pop. attorneys for aig argue they merely had a performance agreement with jackson to put on a tour and was in no way

responsible for the singer's health or death. prince and paris will reportedly take the stand as well as katherine. the potential witness list also features serious star power including prince, quincy jones and spike lee. asked of dr. murray his attorney says he plans to plead the fifth but acknowledges that might not work in the civil trial. >> it is possible he may have to answer questions on a question by question basis. >> reporter: >> reporter: willie? >> diana alvear outside the l.a. county courthouse, thank you. southern fried favorites, on the lighter side, right after this. lasmy parentsas at a sleepr had kraft mac & cheese without me. so this time, i took precautionary measures.

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♪ this morning in "today's kitchen" southern fried food is what's for dinner. is there a way to vavor the taste without the fat and cholesterol? "southern living: the way to fry, fresh fabulous recipes for the modern southern cook." i'm tired. >> you shouldn't be. you should be hungry. >> i am hungry now. it's not so much the food that's the villain, it's the way people prep it. >> correct, it's all about the oil and what we wanted to explore in this book was actually trying to tell people how to balance out your plate to make those southern fried classics using the right, the correct temperatures and also processing. >> so we're going to do pork chops. >> correct, we're going to do

southern fried pork chops. can you sprinkle those with cajun seasoning. if you don't have that, use paprika, salt, pepper. we'll make cornmeal, self-rising flour and more of the cajun seasoning to get the flavor on top of it and then we'll dredge this in this mixture and pan fry. >> dredging you're coating it. >> coating it. we want to develop the actual crust and when you're doing things that are lighter you want to make sure you have the crispiness of traditional heavily fried food. the fun thing about this we're only frying this in three tablespoons of fat. there's two tablespoons of olive oil. i'll add butter for flavor. >> what about the temperature for oil? >> immediate wmedium to medium fry. you don't want it to burn or splash before you want to preserve the flavor of your food. that's how do you it. we lay our pork chop in here, get a nice sizzle so you can get that going and this is what

you'll have. >> how long on each side do you do this? >> eight minutes. >> on each side? >> yes, sir. when you're doing that at a medium heat you can take the time. >> because it's higher it's going to burn. >> that's a common mistake. that's one of norm's notes. >> norm's notes. >> exactly. so we wanted to show people how to do things lighter so we reduced the oil and also showing you how to plate it. >> you'll get oil that will render out anyway from the pork chop. >> correct. we have black-eyed pea salad, watercress, and a pepper jelly vinaigrette. you can serve some of the vinaigrette on the side and drizzle it over the salad. >> nice. >> it gives you a different sauce. >> i heard an involuntary mmm from my stage manager, mark. how about for dessert? >> for dessert we went a little bit more decadent, i hope you don't mind. >> no. >> i'm going to show you how to

do a deep fried bananas foster. we got some firm, ripe bananas, just yellow, not brown spotted, not green. we have some baking mix, a little bit of cinnamon. can you throw that in there, raspberry wheat beer. >> why raspberry wheat beer? >> it gives you a great, airy texture and it is just an amazing thing and it has a little bit of that raspberry flavor in there as well. >> okay. >> once this is all whisked up, i need to you drop in a few bananas, drop them into this batter. >> all right. >> dip them in and get them covered and then we're going to fry these at 350 degrees. >> you don't want to put too many in there or the temperature will drop. >> correct. we're doing a couple at a time. drop one in here. >> how do you know when they're done? >> these will be golden brown and a crisp airy shell. >> something like this. >> if you want to break it open and see what you have. >> and a neat sauce you're

making. >> i went old school, used banana liquor, cognac and brown sugar. spoon it over the top and served it with ice cream and a little bit of fresh raspberry so it's kind of like a banana doughnut, if you will. >> that's very nice. few berries. >> big old scoop of ice cream at the top. >> there we go. >> hello, how are you? >> right on time. right on time. >> for anything fried and delicious looks good to me. >> that is fantastic. >> get in there, willie. come on. >> get in there. you no he what, you should try it because these are really moist. >> comes full circle. >> the book is "southern living the way to fry" norman king thank you so much. way to go. we're back in a moment but first this is "today" on nbc.

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>> hello. >> we followed our noses, smells delicious. we have amarosa with us. >> and she's going to cook with us, i just saw her allegedly. >> and gretchen wilson did the "red neck woman" song. >> how is little blake? >> he's so cute! >> oh, here we go. >> i can't wait to meet him. >> he's very cute. like shelton. >> she's a mommy now. >> we'll see them after your local news.

it is 9:56 now. good morning, i'm marla tellez. we continue to follow developing news in lafayette where an officer-involved shooting has sent one person to the hospital. this happened on woodview drive about 7:30 this morning. this is close to st. mary's road. officers just told us they shot a man in the area. he's in surgery right now. we do have a crew at the scene and we will bring you the very latest today at 11:00. a taxi driver is being tested on suspicion of driving under the influence after slamming into the center divide southbound 101 about 1:30 this morning. the cab was wrecked by the

driver is not seriously hurt. no one else is believed to have been inside the cab at the time of the crash. a much drier start to your tuesday. lets get a look at that forecast now with christina loren. hey, thanks, marla. we've got a good looking day shaping up. a little fog will linger until mid-morning. then a mix of sun and clouds as we head through tomorrow, clouds steadily increase all morning long but we stay dry. the warmest day of the week, widespread rain and thunderstorms in the forecast starting thursday, two more opportunities as we get into the weekend. 70 for livermore, 63 in fremont, 67 in redwood city. take you through the next few days, 67 on thursday, showers coming in early friday. we'll get a little bit of a break saturday into sundays. more rain headed our way and wind. lets check that drive with anthony slaughter. >> thank you, christina. we're looking at a slowing on 101. a slow go because of a car accident. you can't see at least from the camera perspective but you can

see the slowdown happening. again, this is right around palo alto approaching redwood city to 84. once you get there, things slow again. the bay bridge things looking good. you can see not a whole lot happening. that's good news. things are flowing smoothly in that direction. marla. >> we'll be back with another local news update in 30 minutes. we'll see you at 10:26.

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live, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hey, hey, everybody. so glad you're with us. you've been waiting for it. we know you. it's april 2nd. >> thank god. >> you got in big trouble. >> and it happened on our program. on april fool's day, but it was real. >> i don't know if you saw our show yesterday, but i'm assuming you did, anyway, her phone starts ringing in the show. >> i was using my phone as a prop. it rings. >> i love you. you're on the air. >> it's cassidy. >> what, honey? can i call you after the show is this glad you made it home, okay? love you peanut. >> that was worth it. >> it looked like you talked to your daughter, so what. >> what the mother of the pea

nu nut didn't understand is when you hold up the phone so you hear her better, that makes a lot of sense because my mike is here. i'm thinking the camera is closer. there are no microphones on the camera. >> go on. that wasn't the problem. >> the problem was that her telephone number was for all the world to see. >> and her phone staurted ringing and ringing. ♪ so sorry >> oh, my gosh. i had to beg for forgiveness. she's had the same phone number since eighth grade. it did take like an hour to get a new one and finally around 6:00 last night, she let me out of the doggy house and she says i have for given you. this number is really a lot easier to remember. so i'll tell to you now.

wait until your blake wants to fly the coop and be independent and mr. know it all. >> something's getting weird. >> wait a minute. excuse me miss egyptian godess. >> bobbie thomas again has been bored with my repeat wardrobe. >> good for her that thinking you could wear that color. really. because you carry it off. you do. >> anyhow, we have a great show. gretchen wilson, she sings that song red neck woman. she has three new cds out. she'll sing a solve ong off of new one. >> she has it all. >> and you know who else is here -- >> lovely woman. >> what is going on behind you?

up and down. up and down. >> you know, we've become far too cynical. she's seen the error of her ways. she's a new human being. >> she got fired -- it actually happened a while ago. >> we'll talk to her about all kinds of things. >> you were busy last night. >> apparently. a couple of weeks ago, i was out in los angeles and i was doing a spot with chelsea handler. and she asked if i would do her after lately show. >> when does that come on? >> i don't know. late. too late for a woman like me to be up for. but i thought since i was there, i would ask for an in-person apology from her. and i got one. until she asked me for a favor. to have her friend and fellow

comedian come on the show for a return visit. this is what happened. >> can't you just put her on there? >> it's not as easy as that. it's the "today" show, i'm one of six hosts. >> but you have your own hour. >> we come do. >> i don't think it will be a big deal. >> i should be able to get anybody on. i wish it was like that. i smell classy. >> oh, yeah, you can. i don't smell it in here. >> then go smell it somewhere else, okay? we know how you book a television show. don't pretend that you can't have her on if you want her. >> i've had it. i'm sorry you won't be on the show. but you can thank her no it. and you, ladies, will be the loneliest person in the world. last day you're alive, you'll be there all by yourself and that will be a first, won't it? >> if that is not menopause, i don't know what is. >> so the feud continues.

the food -- i am hungry. the feud continues. >> i had a bite of that pork chop. that's all i can think of, i want more. anyway, chelsea and i are still feuding. >> let's talk about another feud. this has been in the papers a lot. and it involves jimmy fallon and jay leno. there's been a lot of talk like is the tonight show moving to new york, is jimmy going to host. what's going to happen. and they've been stalked on the streets. anyway, as they do, jay and jimmy, they decided to -- >> took matters in to their own hands. >> take a look. >> we're still friends, right? >> yeah. of course we're still trends. ♪ tonight, tonight, who is going to host tonight, is it going to be jimmy or jay ♪ ♪ tonight, tonight, where will

they stay tonight, in new york, will it stay in l.a. ♪ tonight, tonight, my ratings were all right, 20 years and i'm still in first place ♪ tonight, tonight, i've got much on the line for maybe i could take over for dave ♪ >> it's time. >> i got to go, jay. >> do a good show. >> i will. and jay -- thanks. >> wow. >> what about the end? >> i didn't hear it. >> he wrougbrought over the porp

and i missed what he said. thank you, jerry, that was so kind. >> are those good? >> those are so good. what did he say when he said, hey, jay -- what did it jay say to him? have a good show? >> yeah. >> that's it? >> that's it. you missed nothing. enjoy the pork chop. >> wasn't that delicious? >> it's good. >> there were blind auditions, one was a texas college kid who she looked kind of scared, a little nervous. she was with her parents. she got out there and killed it. her name is holly tucker. take a look. ♪ when the rain is blowing in your face ♪ ♪ i will offer you a world embrace to make you feel my

love ♪ >> wow. a stunning voice. that was beautiful. >> the mother and father who seemed like they were from the real country? >> they said when she was younger, they used to sing amazing grace together and try to let their daughter hit their pitch and all of a sudden they realized she was harmonizing. and she went with blake, by the way. there's another one, michelle, let's listen to her sing. ♪ ♪ i kissed a girl and i liked it ♪

♪ >> she ended up -- she didn't see that coming. ended up going with usher at the end. >> she's going to be fun at the prom. >> she's adorabldorable. >> so tell me, is shakira getting people? >> she got somebody yesterday. i haven't really kept track of all the people, but it seems like her team needs a little strengthening. >> then she has a couple more weeks to go. great. well, somebody who -- do you know what we're wearing today? this is a very special day. this is autism month. and an incredible organization called autism awareness, automatautism speaks, which was founded by suzanne and bob, a big part of our family here for many years. this is called the blue garden candle.

20% of the net proceeds go to autism speaks. it's $34. and i am wearing my autism speaks pin in solidarity. where is yours? >> i couldn't find it. the story of my -- there they all are. such a great group of people. >> and i think what's great about this group we're having on is a lot of parents, even though a lot of children have autism, they still feel alone and there are ways you can connect on the internet or social media. >> if you would like that pork chop recipe, go to today.com. >> i like her. all right. secrets only travel agents know? we'll telling you how to save on your next trip. but first these messages. it's all in one! l'oreal creates caresse wet shine stain our totally new kind of lipcolor

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throat and the greatest reality tv villain of all-time. but that doesn't mean hoda is always right. also the only contestant in history of the apprentice to have competed three times. >> but this past sunday, amarosa found her self back in the board room. >> i adore you. we've had tremendous success together. you helped me make the apprentice -- we were the number one show on television. >> absolutely. >> you helped make me a star. dennis, she helped make me a star. but you're fired. >> did you see that coming? >> thank you. great job. >> that kind of seemed unkind. he was praising you, praising you. >> i should have been fired like week two.

i made a big move early in the game taking out bret michaels, the only winner to return. and i think the other contestants thought she'll take all of us out. so they came together to try to get rid of me. >> the shot of piers morgan, you and piers morgan, there is no love lost. >> why? >> really, i've never seen a judge talk a contestant the way he stalked me this season. >> they know it makes for great television. did you sense it was very real? >> look at how he is. it's not make believe. >> why do you think that? >> i don't know. really creepy. >> but you weren't surprised when mr. trump let you go. but you say you were surprised when la toya jackson and you had your altercation. >> yeah, really sad. it upset me a great deal because

i love michael clark. >> for people who don't know, explain -- >> i think it's the ugliest statement ever made. >> she said you're responsible for the death of your fiance. >> yeah. and the most decemberabspicable ever heard. she said i actually did the deed. >> how do you do a deed, how do you cause a heart attack in someone? >> maybe in la toya's world that's what people do, but that's not what happens in my life. >> it went beyond hurting your feelings. it's going down the legal road? >> i think when you mess with the legacy of a man who was so kind and sweet. and turn something so dark and ugly into history. when you pull up his name, that's what pops up, what she said. and it's not true and it has to be corrected. >> do you think she just looked on the show -- under pressure of taping the show? >> i can't get in her head. >> but it was repeated? >> oh, yeah, six months later

over and over. >> so on what grounds then are you suing her? >> i don't want to get into particulars because we are pursuing a full case with her. so i think that i'll let the lawyers do that. but just know that i will fight for my man. i will not allow someone to defame him or say untruthful things about him. his family is watching this. and it's not fair -- >> tough to lose him much less -- >> it's distasteful. >> real quick, what's ahead for you? >> tonight i'll be on oprah winfrey's network where are they now. they're coming to my home and church and seeing me preaching. >> you're preaching? >> i'm preaching. >> let me give her a hallelujah. lovely to see you again and all the best to you. and we'll follow this because we are after all nbc news.

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a professional stunt school in new york city. >> we train stunt people that want to get into the business and we train stunt people to work on things for different movies and television. you don't have to be crazy. you just have to -- need that adrenaline rush. >> and it's not just a school for would-be professionals, they also offer classes for amateurs, like myself who want to get a little crazy. so is this the dissension among the ranks or is this something that's supposed to be happening? >> right now they are rehearsing a fight scene. >> i'm not going to have to do this, am i? clearly that guy lost? >> clearly. let me introduce you to todd and jenna. >> hi, jenna. >> i'll show you some basic things in movie fighting. the first thing is the groin kick. and the next one would be a basic face punch. so i did what any good stunt woman does.

hey -- ♪ everybody was kung fu fighting ♪ >> four down and i have only this -- bottle. that's a wrap! i earned my tough chick stamp of approval in hand-to-hand combat, so now it's time to let loose a little. how does trampoline work help with stunt training? >> a big thing with stunt training is to get people to go on to their backs instead of using pads. >> as a stunt professional you have to be comfortable falling in every direction. the trampoline teaches performers how to control body movement in the air which is valuable when you do this. but before i made the big leap -- i had to get my bearings a little closer to the ground. is this just prepping for an actual fall? >> when we do this on an actual

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crews say when they got there they found one apartment on fire and flames spreading to the attic. firefighters say it took them about 30 minutes to get it under control but they were able to keep it from spreading to other units. after the break, we'll check the forecast and look at the roads.

welcome back. the time now 10:29. we've got plenty of low clouds hanging out right at the immediate coast, just want to show you where they are being stubborn. you can see from san francisco to pacifica, clouds clinging to the coastline. watch out for a little bit of

patchy fog at the coast. otherwise we've got a good looking day shaping up. 70 on the way to livermore, 64 in fremont and 72 in fairfield. your seven-day today at 11:00. lets check the drive with anthony. >> thank you, christina. we're looking at good conditions. a lot of the congestion we saw earlier let up with the exception of bay bridge toll plaza. things are good here, wide open, just about 30 minutes ago. that has jammed down again. everywhere else you'll notice approaching oakland things moving 134509ly. also further down into palo alto, things moving slowly as well. no traffic issues as of right now, marla. >> anthony, thank you very much. more on the top stories in 30 minutes. jon kelley and i hope to see you at 11:00. back on this booze-day tuesday, insider tip on where and when it get the best values

on your next trip. >> sara spagnuolo from "travel and leisure" magazine. >> you're going to give us tips. >> the first tip is to consider traveling in may. it's shoulder season. >> what's shoulder season? >> it's when you're in between seasons, you'll pay significantly. the caribbean and key west, may is a great time to go. two deals, one is cape cod, the ocean edge resort. here you're going to pay $129 a night for this great hotel. overlooking the water. it will be an extra $130, more than twice as much if you travel there in july. another great resort, if you're thinking about a mountain destination, aspen, colorado, in the wintertime -- >> you never get deals in aspen. >> it's true, you could pay $450 a night in the wintertime. if you travel in may $119. hiking, fishing. >> a lot of people are looking for a hotel, they want to find

the best deal. sometimes you go on whatever hotel finders or find ways -- is there a better way to get a good deal? >> there are two great ideas. the first is backbid.com. a reverse booking site. you input your information, your dates, how much you want to pay. backbid will send you emails and hotels will bid on where you're going to stay. they'll tell you the hotel. >> he get an email that says, you wanted to go to l.a., pay less than $250? you'll get an email -- >> they're fighting for your business. awesome. >> you see exactly where you're going to stay. >> what about the other one? >> tingo. if you're familiar with orbitz price assurance, if you're anxious. book through tingo, it will monitor your hotel rate it will rebook and reimburse you on your credit card, it won't make the change if there's a change fee. so you can rest assured you'll pay less. >> what about flights?

>> this is a general secret, which is that there are a few specific days, saturday, tuesday, and wednesday are less popular days to fly. so if you can fly on those days you're just generally going to pay less. >> and more seats available. >> and internationally if you can leave on a tuesday and return on a wednesday, same thing. you're often going to pay less. >> what about twitter? you said twitter can help you? how. >> you can follow your favorite airlines and your hotel groups, they'll promote deals that you can't find anywhere else and sign up for an airline eh blast. i got one from jetblue, $65 from here to syracuse. i was paying attention to that, my alma mat nert ncaa championship if i wanted to be there to celebrate -- i could go there for $65. >> look at you doing the subtle plug. >> amazing. >> unbelievable. >> sara, unbelievable. >> who's better than sara? >> nobody. it affects one out of every 50 american children. >> autism and what you can do to

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the cdc estimates that one in every 50 american children has autism and every april, autism awareness month attempts to educate the public about this disorder and reach out though those who need help. >> here to give us some insight is laura slatkin and eric pea do peacock. >> your son was diagnosed with autism and a lot of people will go into their own hole and only care about their own family. i think it's interesting that you branched out. you kind of reached out to help. >> we did, when david was diagnosed with autism, i literally cried myself to sleep. and i woke up the next morning and my husband said to me, you know, laura, this is a waste of energy, this is just negative energy. you're not helping anyone, you're not going to help your skfl. david or our family. and that's what we decided we

were going to roll up our sleeves and do something about. >> how long was that? >> he was diagnosed in 2000. >> and he was a twin, right? you have a daughter as well. >> she was developing normally. >> she's doing perfectly fine. but david was diagnosed with severe autism. >> the other end of the spectrum. >> a lot of people -- >> well the first thing we tried to find a school for david. we were shocked that in our community, new york city, one of the most important cities in the world, right? there was nothing. all the really superior schools were in new jersey. we had to get in the car and go over a bridge to get a really great school for david. that just started our whole process. because we reached out to the school chancellor, joel klein at the time. and i sent him a letter and i said, we don't have a really great school in new york city for children with autism and i'd like to start one. and he sent me back a letter, immediately. saying, we have over 5,000 children with autism in the new york city public school system. we need your help. >> and you guys did --

>> that's what motivated you. >> autism speaks, is such a huge organization, we talked about it this morning in the chat. what will you hoping to do this year? >> we have four pillars to our mission, it's research, advocacy, awareness and family services. and i'm thrilled to be part of the family services team. >> people need help. >> they don't know where to go. >> our goal is to connect families with resources that can improve the outcomes for their children, the young adults, with autism. >> does early, early teaching, early care make a huge difference like so many other things? >> it does. it improves the outcome for an individual with autism most certainly. for example, for my son, he's severely affected by autism. so even though he had 40 hours of therapy every day, i mean every week -- it was challenging. but for most people, it really advances them. >> eric, your nephew had awedism. i think what's interesting about your story, is you were using the web, facebook, you figured you could find a guy on facebook

or a date, why can't you find help in that way. >> my website is a social site for parents of kids with autism. you want to find parents just like you so you don't feel like you're reinventing the wheel. >> or you don't feel alone. >> you go to myautismteam.com. now there's 40,000 parents on it from all across the country. >> just talking to each other? >> you can ask for advice, get tips, get referrals on providers. but most important, you can get support on a day-to-day basis from other parents. >> that will be the best help can you get from people going through the exact same thing or have gone through it and have something to share. thanks very much. i wish we had more time to talk about it thank you. we'll be back after this. rahhhhhh! when i'm hungry, my tummy growls. rrrrrrrrrrrr! when i'm hungry, i feel like i want to faint.

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now on today's woman, it's the busy woman's workout. juggling your job, your kids and your to-do list leave very little time for the gym? >> you don't need an hour a day to get in shape. here to speed up your shape-up is "women's health" senior fitness editor, jen adir. jen has crutches -- >> yes. >> you had a bad skiing accident. >> yes, i had a bad skiing accident. similar to lindsay vonn, she did the same thing right after me. she was trying to copy my style. >> we have young and fit sara to help me out and show me the moves. >> i like mini workouts, just the concept, it doesn't seem so daunting. >> you don't do it long enough to be bored. >> your body can push hard for a minute, but not 60 minutes. when you break it down you can get a good workout out of super-short, super effective. >> for cardio?

what's a good length for a cardio exercise? >> you can hit a point where it back-fires, as your body gets used to the long efforts, it starts getting more efficient, it burns fewer calories. >> and it wants more and more, you have to feed the beast. >> if you shake it up and do 20 minutes and do intervals -- and do a high intensity for 60 seconds. >> i saw a girl in the gym on the treadmill, she would sprint for 60 seconds and then walk. >> it's like the recovery, you go up and down. >> and doing the elliptical, my knees were starting to hurt. i'm loving it. >> you can swim, bike. >> you can do what you want to do. >> trust me, i know. >> so show us some of these things. well a great one-minute workout, the burpee. nothing is better than this. it will work, it literally works nearly every muscle throughout your body. >> how many should you do? >> you do as many as you can in

60 seconds. >> and this is a modification. >> if it gets too hard, you can step your feet back. if that's too easy, you can add a jump. >> if you have a minute, what else can you do? >> go, sara. >> if you have five minutes, can you do a great ab exercise. a lot of people do crunches, but instead this is a great move called the stability ball rollout. you'll entire keep your entire nice and tight. just pushing out the arms. >> this is shaking, i love that. >> the focus is pushing out your arms and pulling it back. >> that's a great move. >> sara's favorite is the stability ball pike this one is terrific. you're going to get into a push-up position. you can hold this if it's too

hard. sara will come up into a pike and come back down. butt, back, shoulder, legs. >> any one of those three done for one minute. >> you're going to do ten reps of these, you're not going to overdo it. >> sara is done for the day. >> you look how tired you are, too. >> my heart is racing right now. >> jen, thanks so much. all right, after that workout, it will be great to kick back and list ton a little country music. >> it's energetic country, a live performance by grammy award-winning singer, gretchen wilson.

>> announcer: the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. >> nine years ago singer gretchen wilson took the country music scene by storm with her

single "redneck woman". >> a great song, six albums, a grammy and a slew of country music awards later she's proving she's one of the coolest and hardest-working gals in the country with plans to release not one, not two, but three albums this year. >> and the first one is called right on time and it hits stores today and it's great do see you. >> you're busy. how did you have time to do three albums? >> do it yourself. you know how that goes. i had a lot to do. >> people in music, they expect the redneck woman thing -- >> they like that sound. >> i'm never going to live it down. >> you're redneck and proud. >> i am, of course. >> is this cd different than that? >> right out of your back pocket. >> hello! wow. >> tell us about this cd. >> the cd is well you know i feel like it's, i feel like it's the best work we've done so far because we allowed to be completely free creatively and we didn't have a lot of company, men, standing over our

shoulders. >> not the suits. >> we didn't have the suits. we recorded with the band. >> you said "we." >> because a real star knows that it takes that even these losers -- >> no. >> losers to make great music, am i right, guys? >> i'm going to do the title track "still rolling." >> and we want to say hello to your daughter who is 12, who is here with you. >> knock 'em dead! ♪ ♪ 18 wheels rolling through the night ♪ ♪ sometimes i wonder about this crazy ♪ ♪ lonely life ♪ people come and go

♪ some you love and some you don't ♪ ♪ some you lose and some you learn to let go ♪ ♪ and i don't know what i'm trying to find ♪ ♪ feeling love on borrowed time ♪ ♪ always missing what i've left behind ♪ ♪ and i'm still running ♪ i keep on running ♪ i can't slow down ♪ i can't tell you where i'm

bound ♪ ♪ maybe i'm just spinning round and round ♪ ♪ but i'm okay ♪ written words i can't erase ♪ a book of songs and things from day to day ♪ ♪ and i'm know that there may come a day ♪ ♪ when i'll have nothing more to say ♪ ♪ i wonder if they'll think i've lost my way ♪ ♪ i'm still running ♪ i keep on running ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ i'm still running ♪ i keep on running ♪ i'm still running ♪ i keep on running ♪ [ cheers and applause ]

good morning. i'm bob redell. we'll take you live to the east bay where we just received new information on what led up to this officer-involved shooting here in lafayette.

that story coming up. plus a battle over bullets. the bay area linked to a statewide tax on ammo. and for now, yes, the rain is gone as we take a live look over the green hills of sunol. but meteorologist christina loren will be along to tell us when we can expect to see mother nature bringing all that wet weather back. thanks so much for being with us. i'm marla. >> i'm jon kelley. good morning, everybody. we've been following this developing news all morning long. a man is in a bay area hospital this hour after being shot by officers. it all happened on woodview drive near st. mary's road. that's where nbc's bob redell joins us live from the scene. he has the latest. bob, good morning. >> good morning to you there, jon. this all started with 911 hang-up calls, numerous calls coming from a home at the end of woodview drive in lafayette. it's beyond your view from where

you're standing now. two officers from lapd, lafayette police, responded a little after 7:00 this morning to those calls. as they approached the house, they tell us a 28-year-old man who lives there came out with a knife. it's not clear what was said between him and the police, if anything. at least one of the officers fired at least two to three shots. at least one of those shots hitting the suspect. that suspect is in surgery right now. the chief of police tells us he is expected to survive. police haven't told us why he approached with a knife and they are not telling us what led up to the 911 hangups. they did notice some of the windows on the house had been broken before they arrived. the please are interviewing three other people at home at the time. we spoke with a neighbor who knows the family that lives there. he tells us the mom and dad are out of town, in mexico, but he believes at least one adult daughter, an adult son and a live